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VOL. 125 | NO. 148 | Monday, August 02, 2010

Olive Branch Reels in Another Company

Olive Branch will add nearly 1,000 jobs thanks to a trio of major economic development deals involving the creation of new plants and a hospital facility.

Economic Downturn Stokes Home-Cleaning Services

For many people, having someone else to sweep floors and mop bathrooms might be considered a luxury, and possibly the first item crossed off any budget when the economy spirals downward and times get tough.

Charter Comm. Nails Down Final Details

Metro Charter Commissioners continue closing in on the exact language of a consolidation charter with a meeting Monday.

Villains, Heroes: Observing Fight in Recession Battle

Listening to Sean Dieterle, a portfolio specialist with the prominent PIMCO investment company, give his insight on investing and the economy, it’s hard not to think of the classic villain in a horror flick.

Bubble Bistro Serves Up All-Natural Skin Care

Andrea Johnson Haynes wants her fellow Memphians to know that living a greener, healthier lifestyle isn’t just about the foods they eat.

Local Weather
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Wind: 8 mph
Humidity: 76%

EVENTS

City Auto will host a Lifeblood blood drive Monday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at its location, 4932 Elmore Road. Giveaways will be provided to those who donate.

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Sell It Or Retire With It?

Owning the same business for 30 years provides good perspective on whether to sell your business at some point or make it your retirement plan.

Memphis Artists Featured on TV’s ‘Creative License’

Katie Smythe appreciates any exposure her dance school, New Ballet Ensemble and School, can get, particularly when it brings her students success.

Cash’s Road Manager Reminisces About ‘Life With Johnny’

Marshall Grant and Johnny Cash were stuck at a train crossing one night in 1955 when they heard one of Cash’s early hits on the radio, prompting the Man in Black to say: “We don’t sound like other people.”

MERI on Vanguard of New Training Technology

Neurosurgeons began working with a technologically advanced simulator that provides sense of touch along with three-dimensional monitors as soon as it arrived at the Medical Education & Research Institute.

THE MEMPHIS NEWS

In Search of an Oasis

Part of the path to inner-city recovery appears to run through a garden, or at least through the produce section of a supermarket. Nine farmers markets operate in various parts of Shelby County this summer, from Downtown to Collierville and places such as Germantown, Agricenter International and Cooper-Young in between.

Farmers Markets Help Foster Community

For so long the development of our cities and our suburbs has been a move away from or toward the third partner in the triumvirate – the rural areas – without ever arriving there.

Novelist and Attorney Gillen Recalls Time on Cotton Row

Neal P. Gillen is an attorney and author whose seventh novel was recently published.

Bar-Kays Again Deliver Funk to U.S. Troops

The instructions didn’t self-destruct five seconds after being read, but plans for the Memphis funk band The Bar-Kays’ next overseas tour have been on a need-to-know basis.

Historic Restaurant to Begin New Chapter in New Locale

Jim’s Place restaurant was founded Downtown in 1921. Eighty-nine years later, the Taras family still owns Jim’s Place East, on Shelby Oaks Drive, and Jim’s Place Grille, in Collierville, though a major change is coming for Jim’s Place East in the next few months.

Charming Rosé Ideal for Hot Summertime

Man, it’s so darned hot that I wish I had a glass of cool, refreshing rosé wine right here next to me as I tap-tap-tap on the keyboard of my computer. The fact that I’m sitting in an air-conditioned house and just sort of looking through the window at the heat has nothing to do with the matter. If it happened that I actually had to walk outside, well, then I could really use a glass of that cool, refreshing rosé.

STATEWIDE

Cancer Group Says State Failing to Combat Disease

NASHVILLE (AP) – The American Cancer Society says Tennessee is falling short on legislative efforts to fight the disease.

Haslam Pours $1M Into His GOP Gubernatorial Bid

NASHVILLE (AP) – Republican Bill Haslam's personal contribution to his gubernatorial bid now tops $1.45 million, according to last campaign finance reports before next week's primary.

REGIONAL

Plant Site Work to Resume for Toyota Supplier

BALDWYN, Miss. (AP) – Gov. Haley Barbour says Toyota will resume work at the site of a $200 million plant that will supply parts to its automotive manufacturing facility in North Mississippi.

Incoming BP CEO: Time for 'Scaleback' in Cleanup

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) – BP's incoming CEO said Friday that it's time for a "scaleback" of the massive effort to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but he added that the commitment to make things right is the same as ever.

NATIONAL BUSINESS

Slowing Economic Rebound Raises Unemployment Fears

WASHINGTON (AP) – The recovery is losing so much momentum that employers are unlikely to step up hiring anytime this year, and unemployment could return to double digits.

Wells Fargo Nixes Penalty Interest Rates

Wells Fargo is getting rid of penalty interest rates on credit cards. These are the higher rates imposed when customers are 60 days late. Customers will be notified of the change in their August statements.

Recession was Deeper Than Gov't Previously Thought

WASHINGTON (AP) – The recession was deeper than the government previously thought.

NATIONAL POLITICS

Congress OKs Bill to Make Commuter Airline Safer

WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress on Friday approved far-reaching aviation safety legislation that was developed in response to a deadly commuter airline crash in western New York last year.

Obama Hails Auto Bailout as Good News in Michigan

DETROIT (AP) – President Barack Obama on Friday heralded the recent turnaround for U.S. automakers, arguing that thousands of jobs and increased production vindicate his unpopular decision to bailout the industry.

Andy Griffith's New Role: Pitching Health Care Law

WASHINGTON (AP) – Actor Andy Griffith has a new role: pitching President Barack Obama's health care law to seniors in a cable television ad paid for by Medicare.

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RECORD TOTALS DAY WEEK YEAR
PROPERTY SALES 34 287 9,694
MORTGAGES 103 519 13,483
FORECLOSURE NOTICES 24 169 7,042
BUILDING PERMITS 173 1,047 24,268
BANKRUPTCIES 80 413 11,239
BUSINESS LICENSES 12 86 3,247
UTILITY CONNECTIONS 130 586 15,974
MARRIAGE LICENSES 19 109 3,217
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